CAMHS SPA Practitioner

Job overview

Our CAMHS SPA is a development that provides a single point of access for children and families accessing our mental health services across our South Staffordshire localities. This service aims are to process, assess and determine the mental health needs of children and young people (CYP) to ensure their needs are met with the correct service provision through liaison and multi-agency working.

The SPA is first point of clinical contact for CYP, families and referrers and offers consultation and advice prior to referral and during the triage phase. The SPA is a multi-disciplinary team with strong links to wider CYP Mental Health, Health and Social Care services.

Our service is developing to consult with our colleagues across Health, Education and Social Care, working with our partners across South Staffordshire and neighbouring areas, to promote preventative support and develop ease of access to all services within our areas.

The role is based at the Rugeley office using a hybrid model.

We welcome applications from a range of registered professional backgrounds including those with a first level professional Nursing / AHP / Social Work / Therapy qualification in Mental Health, Social Work, Nursing  or AHP

Main duties of the job

• Work as an autonomous practitioner providing a holistic approach to provide a high standard of clinical expertise in the assessment, planning treatment education and advice given to patients, carers and other health and social care professionals.
• Ongoing responsibilities for the implementation and evaluation of the CaFSPA process, alongside assessment of young people care where there is a greater complexity of need
• Excellent risk assessment and management skills in relation to positive risk taking and decision making to enable safe and effective responses to CYP and their families, primarily by telephone.
• Play an integral role in developing clinical care pathways and quality standards within the CaFSPA, alongside participating in the delivery of the agreed aims and objectives of the service and identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved.
• Assist in the delivery of a high standard of care to service users referred to the service.
• Implement agreed systems for the monitoring of effectiveness of care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information relating to this position please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

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